The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for June 27, 2019

The ocean’s probably full of omega 3 oil. All you have to do is scrape it off of the plastic.

Wouldn’t they just get blubber?

This one is really reaching for a laugh.

That well is definitely going to blow.

The best fish oil comes from the now endangered “Odourless Fish”.

That’s a sperm whale and you have the derrick in the wrong place…

Whale, whale, whale, what’ve we got here..

The ALPHA/OMEGA 3, ir just doesn’t sound right.

“Derrick” their search elsewhere!

From the look on the whale’s face, I think the Omega 3 is about to be renamed Jonah.

You’re going about this from the wrong angle

Sadly, thousands of whales were killed for their oil. From the 1400’s to the 1800’s their oil (from melting their blubber) was used for lamps and for making soap.

Thar she gushes!

Krill oil: the reason why so many whales have died of starvation this season.

Oh, stop blubbering… No, really, leave the whales alone!

The Prince of Whales?

That’s OK, Marketing will make the best of this by rebranding it as Whale Oil.

However, the whale-oil industry was HUGE in New England in the early 19th Century. Petroleum-based oils weren’t much available, and weren’t the same quality, as whale oil. They still aren’t. Even in 1961, there was a whale-oil venture proposed because of the unique quality of the product:

http://offbeatoregon.com/o1108a2-astoria-whaling-operation-was-helping-with-space-program.html

Fish oil? Another thing entirely!

One more time, why do they keep sperm in their heads?

And that’s not a fish.

They use to take whale oil up until petroleum was discovered and drilled in the USA.

Whales were harvested for their oil. This stopped when we found that it was cheaper to drill for it, particularly as the whales were becoming scarce.

No whales were harmed in the making of today’s cartoon.

The excuse: Dammit, we’re engineers, not fricking marine biologists!

That technique was first tried in the 1800’s for harvesting whale oil.